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ATTORNEY/9' Patented Nov. 9, 1943 U NI r1: .;sTATE PATENT .0 PRICEPAPER. CARTON Charles D. Hahnemann, San Francisco, Calif. ApplicationApril 3, 1942, Serial No. 437,572

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to an improvement in paper cartons, andin particular the invention is directed to and it is my principalobjectto provide, in a paper carton or box of relatively small size andof the type initially used for foodstufis such as cereals or the like, anovel arrangement which by a simple operation, makes the box useful as atableware rack or holder adapted for use in the home, in camps, or onpicnics.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a paper box ofconvenient size and initially used for foodstuffs, with a plurality ofsymmetrically disposed rows of scored portions or pushouts on one sideor face of the box, and which face is adapted to be disposed uppermost,whereby when these scored portions are pushed out of position in aninward direction, apertures are formed to receive pieces of tablewaretherethrough in supporting relation; the box below said side being ofsufficient depth to receive a major portion of the length of saidsupported pieces.

A further object of the invention is to so score the box for eachpush-out that when the portions adjacent the scores are pushed out ofposition inwardly, they form downwardly converging tongues below theresulting aperture, such tongues being adapted to frictionally engagethe tableware in stabilizing relation.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in 'the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper carton mally used for boxingfoodstuffs, etc., for retail sale; this paper carton including opposedsides, one of which is indicated at 2.

This side of the box is initially formed with a number of rows of scoredportions indicated at 3; these scored portions being generally oval inconfiguration and of a size such that when pushed inwardly and out ofposition relative to the box side 2 the resulting aperture 4 is ofsufficient size to permit the entry of a piece of tableware 5.

The scored portions as initially made do not perforate the side of thecarton, i. e., the depth of said scores is limited to such extent thatsaid side of the carton is initially unbroken along the score lines.

It should be noted that along one side, the pushouts are unscored, asindicated at 6, whereby when the push-out pieces or tongues l arepressed inwardly, they remain hinged to the side 2 and extend at adownward slope, so as to frictionally engage the silverware below theside 2 in stabilizing relation.

In Figs. 2 and 3, I show a modified type of the push-out, which isformed as follows:

Each push-out comprises elongated tongue portions 8 produced bysymmetrical end scoring 9 of the carton side 2a, preferably curved asshown, and a central longitudinal score II] which connects the endscoring 9. It will thus be seen that when the tongues 8 are pushed outof initial position in said wall and in an inward direction, theyconverge downwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 below the aperture I I.Thus, when a piece of tableware 5 is inserted through said aperture IIin supported relation, the tongues 8 engage the same on opposite sidesin stabilizing relation.

It is understood, of course, that the push-out arrangement abovedescribed will only be used after the foodstuffs initially contained inthe box have been removed. These will be removed from one end of thebox, and such end of the box may then be resealed in any suitablemanner.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As an article of manufacture, a paper carton ception of tableware; eachpush-out comprising a pair of adjacent push-out tongues scoredsymmetrically at the ends and along a central common line between saidends, side edge portions between adjacent ends of said end scoresremaining unscored so that when said pair of tongues are pushed inwardlyrelative to said one wall, said tongues separate and are bent inwardlyin converging relation below the resultingv aperture to 1 frictionallyengage and stabilize said tableware.

CHARLES D.

